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They Took Sledgehammers to Sidewalks – Here’s Why | The Curb Cut Effect

Season 37 Episode 2 | 7m 02s

Curb cuts—those small ramps at the edge of sidewalks—are now a standard part of city design, but they didn’t exist until disability rights advocates demanded them. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, students with disabilities at the University of California, Berkeley began organizing for better access to public spaces.

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